Williams Syndrome is a developmental disorder. This disorder is characterized by mild to moderate intellectual disability or learning problems. People with this have distinct facial features and heart and blood vessel problems. Typically they have difficulty with visual spatial. Affected individuals have outgoing engaging personality and tend to take and extreme interest in other people. A form of cardiovascular called supravalvular aortic stenosis occur frequently.
This is a child that has williams syndrome
Inheritance Pattern
Most cases of williams syndrome are not inherited but occur as random events during the formationof reproduction cells in a parent of an affected individual. Considered an autosomal dominant condition because one copy of the altered chromosome 7.
This is chromosome 7 were williams syndrome would be located
Symptoms
Facial Features seen in children includes a wide mouth with full lips, small chin, and a short, slightly upturned nose. Individual with this be less linguistically able than was once thought. Bladder diverticular and uninhibited detrusor contraction as demonstrated on urodynamic studies urinary dysfunction.
a child with this disease
Treatment
Some of the problems associated with williams syndrome can be treated but the actual disease has no treatment. There is an association named the National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke. You can contact them by calling (248 244 2229) or by faxing them(248 244 2230).
Frequency
It is estimated to pccur in 1of every 20,000 births. In most families only one child would be effected. There is not a certain amount of the population effect more than others they are all effected equally.
Questions:
What are some features of this disease?
How many people are effected by this disease?
What kind of problems do peple with this face?
Williams Syndrome
Williams Syndrome is a developmental disorder. This disorder is characterized by mild to moderate intellectual disability or learning problems. People with this have distinct facial features and heart and blood vessel problems. Typically they have difficulty with visual spatial. Affected individuals have outgoing engaging personality and tend to take and extreme interest in other people. A form of cardiovascular called supravalvular aortic stenosis occur frequently.Inheritance Pattern
Most cases of williams syndrome are not inherited but occur as random events during the formationof reproduction cells in a parent of an affected individual. Considered an autosomal dominant condition because one copy of the altered chromosome 7.
Symptoms
Facial Features seen in children includes a wide mouth with full lips, small chin, and a short, slightly upturned nose. Individual with this be less linguistically able than was once thought. Bladder diverticular and uninhibited detrusor contraction as demonstrated on urodynamic studies urinary dysfunction.
Treatment
Some of the problems associated with williams syndrome can be treated but the actual disease has no treatment. There is an association named the National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke. You can contact them by calling (248 244 2229) or by faxing them(248 244 2230).
Frequency
It is estimated to pccur in 1of every 20,000 births. In most families only one child would be effected. There is not a certain amount of the population effect more than others they are all effected equally.
Questions:
What are some features of this disease?
How many people are effected by this disease?
What kind of problems do peple with this face?
Work Sited:
http://ghr.hlm.gov/condition=williamssundrome
http://www.answer.com/topic/williams-syndrome
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080
http://scienceblogs.com
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